Nagatomo is at hand to head clear as Di Michele rises to meet a cross from the left from Muriel

14'

Maicon takes a free-kick on the right, but Olivera beats everyone to the ball

11'

Maicon takes a free-kick looking for Lucio, but the ball is too far ahead of him

9'

Cuadrado closes down Nagatomo who had broken away on the left wing

6'

Alvarez lofts in a corner, Samuel hits the bar and Cambiasso follows up to score but his goal is disallowed for offside

3'

Milito picks up the ball on the right, but is pulled down by Tomovic. Somehow the officials miss this nasty foul

1'

The second half is underway

1'

Inter make a substitution: Sneijder come off and Alvarez takes his place

Zanetti

4.86

4.86

Cambiasso

4.72

4.72

Julio Cesar

6.5

6.5

Samuel

5.38

5.38

Maicon

3.77

3.77

Milito

4.71

4.71

Obi

4.78

4.78

Lucio

4.3

4.3

Sneijder

5.21

5.21

Pazzini

4.43

4.43

Nagatomo

6.04

6.04

Alvarez

3.79

3.79

Zarate

2.88

2.88

Average rating

4.72

3

shots on target

9

2

shots off target

6

14

fouls committed

5

5

corners

7

4

offsides

6

21:55

ball possession

33:11

Cosmi v Ranieri: level on points, Cosmi had always scored

This is the fourth meeting between these two coaches, with previous results balanced: 1 win apiece and 1 draw. Cosmi's sides scored in all 3 of those matches, 5 goals in total.

Cosmi v Inter: big win for the coach but 7 defeats in a row and and goals always conceded

This will be the 14th time Cosmi has crossed paths with Inter. He has managed a single win, with 1 draw and 11 defeats (all 7 of the last 7 played). Cosmi's sides conceded at least once in all 13 games, : 30 goals in total. However, Cosmi's only victory against the Nerazzurri is the joint biggest win he has achieved in Serie A: a 4-1 home win by his Perugia team on 19 January 2003. The other result with the same scoreline managed by Cosmi was also with Perugia, at home to Bari on 16 December 2000.

Ranieri v Lecce: good record for the coach

Claudio Ranieri is facing Lecce in a competitive fixture for the10th time. He has won 5, drawn 1 and lost 3 of his previous encounters with the Salentini.

Inter: 8 consecutive Serie A wins last came in 2008

The Nerazzurri have won their last 7 Serie A fixtures, against Fiorentina (2-0 at home), Genoa and Cesena (both 0-1 away), Lecce (4-1 at home), Parma (5-0 at home), AC Milan (0-1 away) and Lazio (2-1 at home). The last time the Nerazzurri didn't win away was on 3 December when they lost to Udinese in San Siro (0-1). Should the Nerazzurri win again this afternoon, it would be their first 8-game winning since November-December 2008.

Inter's 406-minute away-day shutout in Serie A

The last goal conceded away from home by Inter in the league was on 26 October when they drew 1-1 at Atalanta, Denis scoring Atalanta's goal after 44 minutes. Since then, in the remaining 46 minutes of that match plus the games won away to Siena, Genoa, Cesena and AC Milan (all 0-1), the Nerazzurri defence has been unbreached for 406 minutes.

Pazzini's lethal streak against Lecce

Giampaolo Pazzini has scored more goals against Lecce than any other team in his club career: of his 114 strikes, 9 have come against the Salentini.

Lecce yet to win at home this year

Lecce are the only team in 2011/12 yet to have won a home game: of their 9 matches on their home patch, there have been 2 draws and 7 wins for visiting sides.

No clean sheets for Lecce in 13 home ties

Lecce have conceded at least one goal in the last 13 competitive fixtures played at the Stadio Via del Mare - 28 goals in all. The last time they kept a clean sheet was on 3 April 2011, when they beat Udinese 2-0 in Serie A.

Start of the second half could be decisive

Inter, along with Genoa, Juventus and AC Milan, hold the record in the 2011/12 Serie season for most goals scored at the start of the second half: they have hit the net 7 times between the 46th and 60th minutes of league games. In that same quarter of an hour period, Lecce have let in 7 goals (the same number as Parma); the only team with a worse record is Palermo with 8 goals conceded.

LECCE
- Inter
were in the Stadio Via del Mare in Lecce for the Week 20 Serie A
2011/12 match against the home team. Coach Claudio Ranieri selected
Julio Cesar in goal; the defence was made up of Maicon, Lucio, Samuel
and Nagatomo; midfield of Zanetti, Cambiasso and Obi; and finally
Sneijder playing behind the striking partnership of Milito and
Pazzini. Cosmi responded with Benassi in goal; Oddo, Miglionico,
Tomovic in defence; Cuadrado, Giacomazzi, Blasi, Olivera and Brivio
in midfield, and in attack Muriel and Di Michele. Inter played in
their blue and black shirts, with white shorts and socks, while Lecce wore
their usual strip with their yellow and red shirts, blue shorts and
red socks with a yellow top. Before the kick off a minute of silence
was observed in memory of former President of Italy, Oscar Luigi
Scalfaro.

FIRST HALF - The
Nerazzurri kicked off under heavy rain. The game was played at quite
a fast rhythm from the very start but we had to wait until the 9th
minute for a shot on goal, with Nagatomo closing down on Cuadrado as
he made himself dangerous as he moved in on goal.

Two minutes later
Milito stole a ball from Benassi and scratched the paintwork from an
impossible angle and then Sneijder followed up with a shot which called
for a save from the Lecce keeper. In the 19th minute the
Nerazzurri wasted a great chance from just outside the box, followed
by a flash Lecce counter-attack which saw Muriel alone, one on one
with Julio Cesar who was forced to block with his body. In the 23rd
minute Lecce showed how dangerous they could be. Cuadrado finished
off the counter-attack with a right-footed blast which whistled past
Julio Cesar's left upright. Inter replied on 25 minutes with Sneijder
who was quick to slip through the lines stealing the ball from the
Lecce defence and then curled a ball which was just slightly too high
towards the top corner and over the far post. On
30 minutes came the most dangerous action of the game, from a corner
taken by Sneijder on the left, Samuel timed his jump perfectly aiming
the ball at Benassi's bottom left-hand corner. The keeper dived at
full stretch and with superb reactions managed to push the ball away.
A minute later Cambiasso missed with a header that was just wide.

On 32 minutes Cambiasso found Pazzini who was just
onside and the former Sampdoria striker drove a shot across the box,
calling for a diving save from Benassi who miraculously managed to
parry. In the 40th minute Lecce took the lead: a cross by
Oddo from forty yards out, and the ball bounced kindly for an
astonished Giacomazzi who chested the ball down and slipped it past Julio Cesar. Two minutes later Julio Cesar was called upon to
work overtime saving an almost certain goal from Muriel. In the 43rd
minute Cuadrado was booked by referee Banti for a foul on Obi. The
first half came to an end after two minutes of added time.

SECOND
HALF - The
second half got underway with Alvarez on for Sneijder. The Nerazzurri
looked dangerous in the 51st
minute. Alvarez took a corner from the left, Samuel rose to head it,
but it came back into play off the post. Cambiasso headed it goalward
and found the back of the net but Banti disallowed it for offside against the
Argentine. On 63 minutes Alvarez blasted a shot from outside the area
which was narrowly wide. Inter pressed forward but hastily and
without much accuracy allowing the Lecce defence to regroup and keep
control at the back without much effort.

In the 67th
minute Benassi punched away a curling shot from Alvarez. In the 68th
Banti booked Muriel for simulation. On 71 minutes the Nerazzurri had
another goal disallowed. A corner taken by Alvarez from the left,
Pazzini rose to meet it and push it through to Cambiasso who turned it towards
the far post where Milito scored but from an offside position. In the
71st
minute Cosmi put Seferovic on for Muriel, while Ranieri sent Zarate
on in place of Obi. In the 73rd
minute he took off Giacomazzi for Obodo. Banti booked Olivera for a
foul on Cambiasso too. Maicon hit a powerful drive from ouside the
box in the 86th
minute which caused problems for Benassi who saved at the second
attempt. There were fireworks for Benassi in the closing minutes when
he was called upon to save from an inch-perfect header from Pazzini
which looked like it was on its way in. Down at the other end Di
Michele forced Julio Cesar to turn the ball around the post for a
corner. After 4 minutes of added time referee Banti whistled to send
the teams into the dressing rooms. Lecce had beaten Inter by a goal
to nil.